Archive for February, 2009

Evangelion and Penny Arcade Mashup

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

Shinji Ikari and Evangelion Unit-01Evangelion inspired Penny Arcade PosterI don’t have too much to say about this piece of art by Mike “Gabe” Krahulik, in which he mashes up Penny Arcade and Evangelion.  According to his post, the image is for a poster that they’ll be selling exclusively at Sakura-Con in April.

His comments about the image are limited, however a quick cross-reference will show some very distinctive similarities in the robot, and especially in the suit in the upper body and collar area.  It’s kind of neat to see two of my long time favorites cross over, even if it’s just in a single image.

References to Evangelion are not a new thing, I’ve posted a few others over the years, like fan art by Bruce Timm of Batman: The Animated Series, or when the characters of Chugworth Academy headed to Otakon, or references in full-fledged productions like Invader Zim or One Hour Photo with Robin Williams.  There’s lots of cool stuff floating around out there to find.

Evangelion iPhone and iPod Touch Applications

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Evangelion Stamp ApplicationEvangelion Stamp ApplicationEvangelion Clock ApplicationEvangelion Clock ApplicationHey, remember when you could spend like $400 on an Evangelion ipod? Well now you can spend just $2-3 on your iPhone or iPod Touch to make it Evangelion-ish. Appliya Inc. has developed an application for the Apple iPhone and iPod to give it a clock and countdown time reminiscent of the activation timer in Evangelion. There’s also a goofy picture stamp application that… puts Angels, Evas, and Rei Ayanami’s hair into your pictures. And if that sounds kind of silly, that’s because it is silly. If you’d like to see just how silly it is, click here to see a picture of the application in action.

Rebuild of Evangelion Figures, including the new character Mari.

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

Dengeki PlayStation Online has posted quite a few images from AOU2009 Amusement Expo of Sega’s Rebuild of Evangelion figures due out between June and September. Ordinarily, this wouldn’t be especially noteworthy, but as it turns out, one of the figures on display was a design illustration of the figure for the new character Mari, who we have not gotten many good glimpses of. Check out the post on Dengeki Playstation Online for more images.

Rei Ayanami in School Uniform Asuka Langley Soryu in School Uniform Rei Ayanami in Plugsuit Misato Katsuragi
Rei Ayanami in Plugsuit Asuka Langley Soryu in Plugsuit Rei Ayanami in Plugsuit Mari Illustrious Makinami

Rebuild of Evangelion 2.0: You can (not) advance Release Date

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Rebuild of Evangelion 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance AsukaIt’s official, we now have a release date for Rebuild of Evangelion 2.0: You can (not) advance. According to the official Evangelion website, the film will be in Japanese theaters starting June 27th, 2009. When a fansub of that will become available is anyone’s guess. Keep in mind that it took a considerable amount of time for the initial fansub of Rebuild 0.1 to be made available. I wouldn’t be surprised if the fansub of 2.0 doesn’t come around until 1.0 is available on domestic DVD in November.

Evangelion Rebuild Tarot Cards

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

From crab meat to windshield visors, Gainax has put Evangelion on everything you could possibly imagine. So Evangelion tarot cards are not that unusual once you stop to think about it. In fact, I recall a time on the former Eva Monkey Forums when we mused over producing an Evangelion tarot deck. Ultimately, nothing came of it, but it’s interesting going back and comparing the old list to the set that Gainax produced. With the exception of Gendo as The Emperor, the lists are totally different. I know very little about Tarot, so I can’t say whether Gainax put sufficient thought into which characters would best represent the meanings associated with each card.

These cards are a limited edition set of 22 cards, slated for release on March 19th for a price of 2,940 yen. The set comes with a case and guide.

The Cards:

O – The Fool – Rei I, II, and III
I – The Magician – Ritsuko Akagi
II – The High Priestess – Yui Ikari
III – The Empress – Asuka Langley Soryu
IV – The Emperor – Gendo Ikari
V – The Hierophant – Kaworu Nagisa
VI – The Lovers – Hikari Horaki and Toji Suzuhara
VII – The Chariot – Eva Unit 01 with Sniper Rifle
VIII – Strength – Lilith
IX – The Hermit – Seele
X – Wheel of fortune – Systema Sephiroticum
XI – Justice – Shinji Ikari
XII – The Hanged Man – Ryoji Kaji
XIII – Death – Kaworu/Tabris
XIV – Temperance – Maya Ibuki
XV – The Devil – Eva Unit 01
XVI – The Tower – Tokyo-3/Geofront (?)
XVII – The Star – Rei Ayanami (?)
XVIII – The Moon – Kaworu Nagisa
XIX – The Sun – Misato Katsuragi
XX – Judgement – The Magi
XXI – The World – Rei/Lilith

Misato Katsuragi in Icon of Coil’s “Love As Blood (Implant Remix)”

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Icon of Coil: Uploaded and RemixedSo I was minding my own business, listening to the Future Synthpop channel on Digitally Imported, an internet radio station that I’ve been listening to for a number of years, and this song comes on, and at some point, I hear a female voice cut in saying “We are the eighteenth angel, the other angels are just different possibilities…”. With cat-like reflexes, I hit the volume key on my keyboard repeatedly to hear Allison Keith’s Misato from The End of Evangelion more clearly. The song in question is Love As Blood (Implant Remix) by Icon of Coil, an EBM band from Norway. And as I said in another entry recently, it’s peculiar and wonderful how Evangelion connects things together, and how you find it in the most unlikely and unexpected places. I obviously cannot put the song up in its entirety, but here’s an excerpt for your edification. If you want to hear the whole thing, you’ll have to buy it or steal it. Either way, I won’t judge.